CFZ Where The Cowboys Are At On The America's Team Deal

Whirlwin

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If you don’t care what any other Cowboy fans think why come on an opinion based forum.

I don’t think he was calling them losers which would be incorrect as they were all successful but they weren’t champions which is how some fans describe winners .
Teams win championships not individuals. So again in my opinion, they are winners. And there definition , they’re losers.
 

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America loves a winner and we ain’t been one in a long time.

It doesn't matter.... when you hear the words "America's Team", the first team that pops in your mind is the Dallas Cowboys.

When you Google America's Team, the Dallas Cowboys pop up on the screen.

Again.... it doesn't matter who likes it or not. When you hear or see the words America's Team, the Dallas Cowboys automatically pop up in the brain.
 

SteveTheCowboy

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I th I nk this thread has nothing to do with being America's Team.

It never was only about wins.
 

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Your posts contradict. Sometimes you have to have a bad season or two for a reset. It has happened all throughout the modern era.

Winning the Super Bowl is the goal. Refusing to acknowledge the advantages a poor season can give a team caught up in mediocrity is failing to see the meta. Who cares if you are 5-11 or 11-5 if you didn't win the SB? Nobody is going to care what your record was when you aren't the champion. At least 5-11 gets you a better draft pick, thus, if you aren't going to win the SB or at least compete for it by making it to conference title games, then it is a fact of football reality that a losing season will benefit you more in the long run.

Worrying about maximizing W-L records in non-Super Bowl competitive years is just your ego getting the better of yourself.
You are suggesting we intentionally lose?
Blasphemy....and not good for the team morale.

'OH...but they are professionals...they know the biz and surely a higher draft Choice is automatic super bowl baby!" Right?
 

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Ask “Alexa” or “Google” who America’s Team is and they both will tell you the same thing every time. It’s the Cowboys nickname and no one else’s. You could win lots of bets with those who like to argue. :flagwave:
 

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Yeah like others have said - it is just a nickname and honestly doesn't matter
 

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Teams win championships not individuals. So again in my opinion, they are winners. And there definition , they’re losers.
Winners up to 1996. After that? Nah, not at all.
 

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No, Americas Team label isn’t actually the same as New York teams who actually both used to play in NY.

Giants played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and Jets played at Shea Stadium in Queens. Meadowlands is just across the Hudson River in New Jersey not any further than Arlington is from Dallas when franchises begun building stadiums in suburbs.

Do you even know how we obtained the Americas Team name ?
Calm down, guy. I do know how the Cowboys got the America's team moniker. It had little to do with the original post. That was kind of my point. Yes. The Giants and Jets used to play in New York and now they play in East Rutherford, NJ. Incidentally, the New Jersey Nets used to play there as well and were called the New Jersey Nets. It's Saturday. I recommend a few drinks of don't take yourself so seriously and hopefully you feel better in the morning.
 

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It's just a nickname FFS....(not at you OP)
Green Bay is Titletown even if they never win anything again
Cleveland makes steel, they will never have the "Steel Curtain" defense
the lion is the "king of the jungle" even though they don't live in jungles and they certainly can't tell elephants and hippos what to do
it's just a damn nickname lol
Have you seen the streets of Detroit? It's like jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how they keep from going under.
 

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Calm down, guy. I do know how the Cowboys got the America's team moniker. It had little to do with the original post. That was kind of my point. Yes. The Giants and Jets used to play in New York and now they play in East Rutherford, NJ. Incidentally, the New Jersey Nets used to play there as well and were called the New Jersey Nets. It's Saturday. I recommend a few drinks of don't take yourself so seriously and hopefully you feel better in the morning.
The bottomline is your analogy comparing NY teams playing in Jersey with any name is off base and doesn’t apply to why or even part of why we are called Americas Team.
 

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The bottomline is your analogy comparing NY teams playing in Jersey with any name is off base and doesn’t apply to why or even part of why we are called Americas Team.
Loosen up. You'll feel better. The op didn't make much sense. I get it, though. You are a "true" fan. Good on you.
 

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Over the past few decades, the NFL has been dominated by a handful of teams at the playoff to Super Bowl levels of play. When New England took control away from the Oakland Raiders in 2001, dominance of teams started to change as to the previous eras.

Teams who have won their own Lombardis from that point are:

New Orleans Saints
Kansas City Chiefs
Green Bay Packers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnatti Bengals, and Carolina Panthers all have made it to the Super Bowl.

The one team left out of the transitional picture has been the Dallas Cowboys.

This doesn't mean that fans and media have stopped talking about them.

As a team, it does have 5 Super Bowl trophies.

The team has iconic players that transcend time periods over it's very existence.

Quarterbacks: Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman
Wide Receivers: Michael Irvin and Terrell Owens
Running Backs: Emmitt Smith and Tony Dorsett

Even Executive Hank Schramm is part of NFL greatness

According to Forbes, Jerry Jones franchise is the most valuable in all of American sports.

From Jimmy Johnson to Deion 'Prime Time' Sanders are iconic.

During that very period up to 1977...The Cowboys were enjoying a nice patch of success, having won the 1977 Super Bowl over the Denver Broncos and returning to the Super Bowl in 1978, though they lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Prior to the 1979 NFL season, the folks over at NFL Films were putting together a highlight film for the Cowboys. Bob Ryan (not the sportswriter) was working at NFL Films and was struck by the vast expanse of the Cowboys fan base. He saw stands full of Cowboys jerseys even when they were on the road, and they were on national television as much as any NFL team. Hell, somehow their cheerleaders were nationally famous! This put a phrase into Ryan's head: America's Team. The nickname was spoken into existence in that highlight film by legendary voice of NFL Films John Facenda. In the first Cowboys game of the 1979 season — which was nationally televised of course — the CBS broadcast used the America's Team nickname, and it was locked in.

"I saw all these fans in away stadiums. Hey, they're the most popular team in the country. How can I use that? Why don't we call them 'America's Team?'"
That label weathered the picture until around the arrival of New England around that transition point in 2001. Since the turn of the millenium, Dallas has won the NFC East only five times and have not made it to the NFC Championship Game since 1995.

Cowboys fans have watched the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles win Super Bowls in that time. These days, the Cowboys would be unlikely to earn the nickname of America's Team. The one chance to go unquestioned today, probably disappeared when Tony Romo fumbled a field goal hold and the strongest team of this era was eliminated from further playoff level play.

Many of us on site have drawn a line in the sand this very season. We have made it known that we are holding both Mike McCarthy and Dak responsible here and now, to at least show and prove they remain competitive to receive a beloved term any longer, to be known further as America's Team.

This group making up the franchise for the Dallas Cowboys needs to become once again known for actually being competitive again, and realistic in such a conversation here and now. Just winning a NFC East Division Championship means little more than they showed up and played. They are professionals...and losing the label of Championship Competitors.

Unless this season arrives at the NFC Championship level, they are at best in a race with Buffalo in salvaging a current name alongside the term of competitive relevant further.

Teams that have never won a Super Bowl:

Arizona Cardinals
Carolina Panthers
Houston Texans
Cleveland Browns
Atlanta Falcons
Tennessee Titans
Detroit Lions
Jacksonville Jaguars
Los Angeles Chargers
Minnesota Vikings
Buffalo Bills
Cincinnati Bengals


Las Vegas may have the Bills as slight favorites over the Bengals heading into the season to win the Super Bowl, but that sounds like a sucker’s bet. Because while Buffalo is obviously an extremely talented team—with stars like Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs, the Cincinnati Bengals have some pretty dynamic players of their own…Cough, cough… Joe Burrow… Ja’Marr Chase… Tee Higgins… And that’s just on the offensive side of the ball. Cinci also has some serious game changers on D as well—guys like Trey Hendrickson, Sam Hubbard, and Germaine Pratt. Beyond the personnel—and even beyond the X’s and O’s, Cinci just sort of seems to be better equipped for playoff football than the Bills—or any other team on this list. After all, we have seen them become perennial Super Bowl contenders since Joe Burrow’s ascension. Coming off two consecutive AFC Title Game appearances—the Bengals are a Super Bowl favorite. No doubt about it. And they have far and away the best chance of any team that hasn’t won a Super Bowl to get the job done in 2023.

https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/ranking-every-nfl-team-never-won-super-bowl-2023-chances/

This points to talent that is challenging here and now.

Dallas is again at this tier of teams. The Cowboys here and now are on the level of San Francisco, as well as Philadelphia.

The current picture falls upon the shoulders of Mike McCarthy and Dak Prescott...but now, Jerry Jones can't get further by not owning up fully to the remainder of the picture for the Dallas Cowboys franchise...let's at least watch.I don't want to pee on your parade...but the Cpw
 

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I don't want to pee pee on your parade...the Dallas Cowboys have not been anything. It's a good time to show us...

Take that fluff and put it in the garbage.
 

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The title of this thread should be changed. There is no "deal" for the Cowboys to have the nickname "America's Team".
 

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Well Jerry was partly the reason there are 3 superbowl trophies in his building. So yeah, he knows what winning feels like.
Sure, he knows what it feels like. But 29 years and counting he still hasn't figured out what Jimmy did to get him those Lombardi's. In other words, he doesn't know how to duplicate what Jimmy accomplished.
 
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